Microservices Job Trends

Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 83 50
Rank change year-on-year -36 -33 -7
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,143 1,786 2,816
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.92% 3.33% 5.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 3.68% 5.65%
Number of salaries quoted 780 988 2,223
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% - -9.68%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £125,000 £112,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.46% +1.15% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,314 48,563 49,842
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.11% 90.50% 89.97%
Number of salaries quoted 28,431 23,714 37,983
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 10 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 10 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -20 1,060 £77,500 +10.71% 854
London +5 596 £85,000 - 214
Work from Home -25 489 £75,000 +7.14% 447
UK excluding London -79 484 £70,000 +6.46% 745
North of England -22 216 £70,000 +6.03% 153
North West -14 114 £67,500 - 69
South East -104 92 £72,500 +7.41% 246
Yorkshire -27 85 £75,000 +11.11% 61
Midlands -21 60 £75,000 +15.38% 95
South West -59 55 £65,000 +1.96% 95
West Midlands 0 35 £72,500 +3.57% 37
East of England -17 30 £80,000 +39.13% 97
Scotland -61 28 £66,000 -5.71% 25
East Midlands -24 23 £76,750 +18.08% 55
North East -7 17 £68,750 +30.95% 23
Wales -12 4 £55,916 +11.83% 40
Northern Ireland -17 3 - - 14
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 30 (2.62%) Apache Airflow
2 27 (2.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 24 (2.10%) Apache Spark
4 23 (2.01%) Apache
4 23 (2.01%) Confluence
5 13 (1.14%) OpenStack
6 11 (0.96%) JBoss
7 9 (0.79%) Appian
7 9 (0.79%) WebSphere
8 8 (0.70%) CMS
9 5 (0.44%) Apache Pulsar
9 5 (0.44%) nginx
10 4 (0.35%) IIS
11 3 (0.26%) Liferay
11 3 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.087%) Camunda
12 1 (0.087%) Ethereum
12 1 (0.087%) Hyperledger
12 1 (0.087%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.087%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 21 (1.84%) Maya
2 14 (1.22%) MS Visio
3 12 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.35%) PlantUML
5 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.17%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 17 (1.49%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (0.79%) Endur
2 9 (0.79%) SAP FS
3 8 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.26%) Shopify
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.087%) Actimize
7 1 (0.087%) Bloomberg AIM
7 1 (0.087%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.087%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.087%) Quorum
7 1 (0.087%) R3 Corda
7 1 (0.087%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 608 (53.19%) AWS
2 552 (48.29%) Azure
3 204 (17.85%) Serverless
4 188 (16.45%) GCP
5 157 (13.74%) SaaS
6 120 (10.50%) GitHub
7 114 (9.97%) Azure DevOps
8 84 (7.35%) Amazon S3
9 81 (7.09%) AWS Lambda
10 77 (6.74%) Amazon EKS
11 63 (5.51%) Amazon ECS
12 57 (4.99%) PaaS
13 56 (4.90%) Amazon SQS
14 52 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
15 47 (4.11%) AWS CloudFormation
16 38 (3.32%) Amazon EC2
16 38 (3.32%) IaaS
17 37 (3.24%) Power Platform
18 34 (2.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 30 (2.62%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.96%) HTTP
2 9 (0.79%) AMQP
3 6 (0.52%) Internet
4 3 (0.26%) Multicast
5 2 (0.17%) Broadband
5 2 (0.17%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.17%) SNMP
5 2 (0.17%) SSL
5 2 (0.17%) WAN
6 1 (0.087%) Hyperconnected
6 1 (0.087%) MQTT
6 1 (0.087%) Network Security
6 1 (0.087%) TCAP
6 1 (0.087%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (14.09%) NoSQL
2 158 (13.82%) PostgreSQL
3 147 (12.86%) MongoDB
4 127 (11.11%) SQL Server
5 62 (5.42%) DynamoDB
6 56 (4.90%) Relational Database
7 50 (4.37%) MySQL
8 46 (4.02%) Azure SQL Database
9 45 (3.94%) Elasticsearch
10 31 (2.71%) Redis
11 23 (2.01%) Big Data
11 23 (2.01%) Power BI
12 19 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
12 19 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
12 19 (1.66%) RDBMS
13 17 (1.49%) Tableau
14 16 (1.40%) BigQuery
15 15 (1.31%) DB2
16 10 (0.87%) Pinecone
17 7 (0.61%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 150 (13.12%) Git
2 115 (10.06%) Jenkins
3 55 (4.81%) JIRA
4 46 (4.02%) GitLab
5 40 (3.50%) JUnit
6 39 (3.41%) Selenium
7 31 (2.71%) Cucumber
8 28 (2.45%) TeamCity
9 25 (2.19%) Mockito
10 24 (2.10%) Cypress.io
11 22 (1.92%) JMeter
12 21 (1.84%) Bitbucket
13 17 (1.49%) Oracle Forms
14 13 (1.14%) Maven
15 12 (1.05%) CircleCI
16 11 (0.96%) Postman
17 9 (0.79%) LoadRunner
18 8 (0.70%) git-flow
19 7 (0.61%) REST Assured
20 6 (0.52%) Vite
General
1 350 (30.62%) Social Skills
2 334 (29.22%) Finance
3 117 (10.24%) Banking
4 108 (9.45%) Analytical Skills
5 98 (8.57%) Law
6 67 (5.86%) Public Sector
7 53 (4.64%) Retail
8 47 (4.11%) Games
9 44 (3.85%) Financial Institution
10 39 (3.41%) Telecoms
11 30 (2.62%) French Language
12 29 (2.54%) Dutch Language
12 29 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 25 (2.19%) Back Office
14 24 (2.10%) Legal
15 23 (2.01%) Billing
15 23 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
16 21 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
16 21 (1.84%) Marketing
17 16 (1.40%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 403 (35.26%) Developer
2 271 (23.71%) Senior
3 233 (20.38%) Architect
4 200 (17.50%) Software Engineer
5 168 (14.70%) Lead
6 112 (9.80%) Solutions Architect
7 100 (8.75%) .NET Developer
8 97 (8.49%) Java Developer
9 95 (8.31%) Senior Developer
10 94 (8.22%) Full-Stack Developer
11 69 (6.04%) Senior Software Engineer
12 57 (4.99%) Java Engineer
13 54 (4.72%) Lead Developer
14 48 (4.20%) Software Developer
15 42 (3.67%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 41 (3.59%) Full-Stack Java Developer
17 39 (3.41%) Cloud Engineer
18 37 (3.24%) Lead Architect
19 35 (3.06%) Principal Engineer
20 33 (2.89%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 305 (26.68%) .NET
2 290 (25.37%) React
3 248 (21.70%) RESTful
4 200 (17.50%) Spring
5 193 (16.89%) REST
6 180 (15.75%) Kafka
7 174 (15.22%) Spring Boot
8 153 (13.39%) Node.js
9 141 (12.34%) AngularJS
10 118 (10.32%) .NET Core
11 90 (7.87%) HTML
12 74 (6.47%) .NET Framework
13 67 (5.86%) ASP.NET
14 64 (5.60%) ASP.NET Web API
15 63 (5.51%) CSS
16 58 (5.07%) Middleware
16 58 (5.07%) RabbitMQ
17 52 (4.55%) Entity Framework
18 50 (4.37%) Django
19 48 (4.20%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 295 (25.81%) Cloud Native
2 173 (15.14%) Distributed Systems
3 128 (11.20%) Enterprise Software
4 95 (8.31%) Product Ownership
5 50 (4.37%) Greenfield Project
6 47 (4.11%) Legacy Systems
7 36 (3.15%) Data Structures
8 31 (2.71%) Algorithms
8 31 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
9 28 (2.45%) Virtual Team
10 26 (2.27%) Blockchain
11 23 (2.01%) AI Agents
11 23 (2.01%) Distributed Architecture
12 19 (1.66%) Onboarding
13 16 (1.40%) Low-Code
13 16 (1.40%) Management Information System
14 15 (1.31%) IoT
14 15 (1.31%) Mobile App
15 13 (1.14%) Public Cloud
16 12 (1.05%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 47 (4.11%) Linux
2 19 (1.66%) Windows
3 18 (1.57%) Android
4 9 (0.79%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.26%) CentOS
5 3 (0.26%) Debian
5 3 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.26%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.17%) VMS
7 1 (0.087%) Fedora
7 1 (0.087%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 569 (49.78%) Agile
2 532 (46.54%) CI/CD
3 483 (42.26%) DevOps
4 369 (32.28%) Software Engineering
5 280 (24.50%) Full-Stack Development
6 278 (24.32%) Containerisation
7 247 (21.61%) AI
7 247 (21.61%) Mentoring
8 241 (21.08%) Problem-Solving
9 209 (18.29%) Event-Driven
10 197 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
11 188 (16.45%) Computer Science
12 157 (13.74%) Test Automation
13 155 (13.56%) TDD
14 152 (13.30%) Scrum
15 149 (13.04%) Roadmaps
16 144 (12.60%) Technical Leadership
17 130 (11.37%) Architectural Patterns
17 130 (11.37%) SDLC
18 123 (10.76%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 387 (33.86%) Java
2 292 (25.55%) C#
3 273 (23.88%) Python
4 270 (23.62%) SQL
5 252 (22.05%) JavaScript
6 210 (18.37%) TypeScript
7 59 (5.16%) Go
8 33 (2.89%) Shell Script
9 30 (2.62%) PL/SQL
10 24 (2.10%) C++
10 24 (2.10%) PHP
11 22 (1.92%) C
12 18 (1.57%) Bash
12 18 (1.57%) Ruby
13 14 (1.22%) Kotlin
14 12 (1.05%) Rust
15 11 (0.96%) PowerShell
16 7 (0.61%) Bicep
16 7 (0.61%) Scala
17 6 (0.52%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 209 (18.29%) Degree
2 137 (11.99%) Computer Science Degree
3 88 (7.70%) Security Cleared
4 65 (5.69%) SC Cleared
5 64 (5.60%) AWS Certification
6 56 (4.90%) Master's Degree
7 48 (4.20%) TOGAF Certification
8 45 (3.94%) Azure Certification
9 35 (3.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 33 (2.89%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (1.31%) AWS Certified Developer
12 14 (1.22%) DV Cleared
13 9 (0.79%) PMI Certification
13 9 (0.79%) PMP
14 8 (0.70%) CISM
14 8 (0.70%) CISSP
15 5 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
16 4 (0.35%) ISTQB
16 4 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 2 (0.17%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (7.00%) QA
2 22 (1.92%) Accessibility
3 20 (1.75%) GDPR
4 17 (1.49%) PCI DSS
5 11 (0.96%) IFRS
5 11 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (0.96%) SLA
6 9 (0.79%) IFRS 17
6 9 (0.79%) NIST
6 9 (0.79%) Solvency II
7 8 (0.70%) Data Quality
7 8 (0.70%) EMIR
7 8 (0.70%) NCSC
8 6 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (0.44%) WCAG
10 3 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.26%) SEPA
11 2 (0.17%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.17%) PSD2
11 2 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 347 (30.36%) Docker
2 15 (1.31%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.17%) Firmware
4 2 (0.17%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.17%) vSphere
5 1 (0.087%) HDFS
5 1 (0.087%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 334 (29.22%) Kubernetes
2 175 (15.31%) Terraform
3 44 (3.85%) Grafana
4 42 (3.67%) Ansible
5 28 (2.45%) Kibana
6 18 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (1.22%) Prometheus
8 13 (1.14%) Argo
9 5 (0.44%) Puppet
10 4 (0.35%) HP Fortify
10 4 (0.35%) Kubeflow
10 4 (0.35%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.26%) Istio
12 2 (0.17%) Rancher
13 1 (0.087%) Nagios
Vendors
1 179 (15.66%) Microsoft
2 64 (5.60%) Oracle
3 32 (2.80%) Google
4 26 (2.27%) Guidewire
5 19 (1.66%) Salesforce
5 19 (1.66%) SAP
5 19 (1.66%) Splunk
6 18 (1.57%) Dynatrace
6 18 (1.57%) OpenAI
7 17 (1.49%) BiZZdesign
8 13 (1.14%) CrowdStrike
8 13 (1.14%) MuleSoft
8 13 (1.14%) Software AG
9 12 (1.05%) Atlassian
9 12 (1.05%) Duck Creek
10 11 (0.96%) IBM
11 10 (0.87%) Fortinet
11 10 (0.87%) Palo Alto
12 8 (0.70%) OpenLink
12 8 (0.70%) Red Hat